Guy Clark - The Dark
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
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In The Dark you can sometimes hear your own heart beat
Or the heart of the one next to you
The house settles down after holding itself up all day
Shoulder slumps, gives a big sigh
You hear no one's foot fall in the hall
That drip in the kitchen sink markin' time
June bug on the window screen can't get in but he keeps on tryin'
One way or another we're all in The Dark
Fireflies, sparks, lightning, stars
Campfires, the moon, headlights on cars
The Northern Lights and The Milky Way
You can't see that stuff in the day
When the earth turns its back on the sun
The stars come out and the planets start to run around
Now they call that day is done
But really it's just getting started
Some folks take comfort in that
And how dark is it
It's too dark for goblins
And how dark is it
It's so dark you can smell the moon
How dark is it
It's so dark the wind gets lost
How dark is it
It's so dark the sky's on fire
How dark is it
It's so dark you can see Ft. Worth from here
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This song is a masterpiece.
I was driving home one day, and it was harvest time, so as the sun set across the fields, there was a faint haze that looked like gold dust fluttering in the air. Where I come from, the fields stretch for miles and miles, and the sheer vastness of the beauty around me was overwhelming. Point is, as I was driving on this beautiful day, this song started to play, and I realized just how lucky I am to be alive where I am with the people I have around me, and that in the span of history and time my life is a mere blink. It was an indescribable, spiritual moment that I'll never forget.
Guy Clark was truly a master craftsman and will be remembered forever as a genius of songwriting.
Cold chills and tears. This is Smithsonian worthy. Masterpiece! Bless and rest his soul.
@Talkin Bout Nawlins Thanks very much.
@Talkin Bout Nawlins
I don't mean to wear you out but if these types of beautiful story tellers move you, please give a listen to Shawn Mullins " Twin Rocks Oregon". It's funny ' cause I'm a 63 year old hard rocker but I love all beautiful music. I'm also very easily moved (big baby) and songs like these just get me busted up. As you get older you understand the soul in these masterpieces. Sometimes the simplicity of a story/song is powerful. Proof positive that sometimes less really is more! I'm very familiar with Townes Van Zandt.... Another Treasure, him and John Prime ( I remember everything is great). Bless you man!
Check these two masterpieces out.
Billy Joe Shaver "Window Rock" and James McMurtry "Ruby and Carlos"
Happy Listening!
I wept all the way through listening to this song for the first time. Too beautiful for words.
Simple, peaceful, but then some angst. and back to peace. ❤🙏
Pure lyrical genius. Who could not be moved by this? Mr. Clark even used the astronomically correct description of "nightfall" -- "The Earth turns its back on the sun..." (Nope, the sun does NOT set, folks.) Amazing. Brilliant. A treasure.
Such a cool song. Written with Buddy Mondlock.
one of my very favourite songs
@Diego Rufo Helguera
So enchanting the words he speaks. No wonder so many folks love this song. Thank you for posting the lyrics
The chordal progression is > E-B-F#m...using B-A in the refrain.
I am definitely adding this to my campfire rotation.
Aloha from Hawaii,
Thomas
Fantastic song writing.
Best closing song to an album in human history
so dark you can smell the moon
Agreed. The album's opening song isn't bad, either. It's "Mud," and yes, it's literally about MUD and it's gorgeous, too. Guy Clark....
pure poetry
Why is this album not on Spotify? His best, IMAO.
Guy poet genius
Darrell Scott mentioned this album as one Guy's best Wow!
Check out cold dog soup and best of the dual tone years as well.
Guys Sister Jan Told me the family would drive from Monahans to Christmas shop each year at Ft. Worth and the lights of Ft. Worth was their New York.